perc
\pɛrʦ\
The verdict
“perc” is uncommon French (frequency #84,154 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,154
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Minute.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perc · perc · French
perc · rank #84,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,154
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH peptide
Nearest frequency peer: peptide (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « perc »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pelures
pelures
15,849 corpus weight
- peptide
peptide
15,848 corpus weight
- perc
perc
15,847 corpus weight
- performent
performent
15,846 corpus weight
- perhaps
perhaps
15,845 corpus weight
- permuter
permuter
15,843 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « perc » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛrʦ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #84,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « perc » en français
Rare enough to double-check
perc is uncommon French at frequency #84,154 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛrʦ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Minute.".
Zero misspellings are on record for perc in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is perc, spelled P-E-R-C.
Definition
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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